In a somewhat surprising move, Pope Benedict has ordered an apostolic visitation of the controversal religious order, the Legionnaires of Christ whose controversial if not charismatic figure Marcial Maciel fathered at least one child and is said to have sexually abused seminarians under his tutelage. (Image courtesy of http://www.rawstory.com/) The controversial order was one of […]
The Philadelphia Situation Most of the information about the Archdiocese of Philadelphia priest abuse scandal comes from two grand jury reports-the first in 2005 and the second published earlier this year in 2011. Both reports admit that they provide only composite sketches of the criminal sexual abuse of minor children over the past forty years. […]
Secret records of Los Angeles Archdiocese show that Cardinal Mahoney and other top Los Angeles priests moved child molester priests out of state to avoid police investigations. Court orders in civil lawsuits in Los Angeles required public release of priest personnel files February 1, 2013. (Image courtesy of http://www.bishop-accountability.org/) The 20,000 pages of documents released […]
Joe Paterno, the 84-year-old coach of the Penn State Nittany Lions has been ousted in the wake of a growing sex scandal involving one of his former defensive coordinators Jerry Sandusky. Sandusky was arrested over the weekend and faces mounting charges of criminal sexual abuse of children as more Sandusky victims come forward to law […]
The Diocese, created in 1957, comprises the counties of Nassau and Suffolk Counties (Long Island). The diocese serves 1.3 million Catholics in 134 parishes. In its 52 year history it has had four bishops, most notorious of whom has been the present bishop, Bishop William Murphy, originally from Boston. Murphy became the Bishop of Rockville […]
